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Summary: IF THIS WORLD WERE MINE
Review: "If This World Were Mine" by E. Lynn Harris is a well paced character driven story highlighting the trials and tribulations of four college friends almost twenty years after graduating from Hampton University. The plot revolves around a journal writing class the four friends form. Harris again proves a master at developing strong distinct characters and gripping dialogue to keep the story flowing. As usual Harris sprinkles the story with just enough surprise and scandel to keep readers completely engrossed
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Summary: So many stories
Review: A cute love story of struggle and triumph, each character in this book learned alot and so did the reader. He is a skilled author and he keeps us wanting more. I never knew love could be that way.
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Summary: Thank God, the World does not belong to E. Lynn Harris
Review: Actaully I would give this book 2.5 stars. The best part of this book are the journal entries written by the characters themselves because they actaully allow you to get into the character's head and into the emotional context of each character. We get some more insight into the character of John Basil Henderson but it is not enought to make me care. Ever time I read a E. Lynn Harris novel I say "NEVER AGAIN" after I finish it, and yet like a glutton for punishment, I go back time and time again. Why? Mr. Harris is not a strong writer but tries to make up for his lack of writing ability with his plot twist and turns. While black gay men and straight black women gush and early await the next book in his mutli-seller book chain,the rest of us scratch our heads and wonder "what all the hoopla is about." There must be good, black gay writers out there somehere. Yet E. Lynn Harris get national accliam for his writing. How sad.
Also I very tried of E. Lynn's sanitized views of gay sex. If I read one more time "his sex. . ." I think I'll throw up.
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Summary: Once Again......
Review: He just can't stop, he's off the hook this book is a must read it wont give it away I just want to tell you te read it wll have you cying and laughing.
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Summary: Once Again......
Review: He just can't stop, he's off the hook this book is a must read it wont give it away I just want to tell you te read it wll have you cying and laughing.
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Summary: A must read
Review: I guess I finally had to read one of E. Lynn Harris's books. I can't recommend this one. The multiple first-person narratives were needlessly confusing (and lazy writing, in my opinion). Dwight's "militant" character was a too cliched to be believable. Riley's passive aggression was annoying. Still, the plot was just captivating for me to finish the book. The happy endings seemed a bit too contrived to resolve all the multiple plot threads. I can't speak with any authority on the bisexuality. I don't think Harris adequately explained (is that the right word?) why a man would be alternately attracted to both men and women. He seemed to be saying that homosexual liasons in this context were either the result of a past history of sexual abuse or opportunity. I don't think either explanation held water in the context of the two male bisexuals in this book. I think Harris is a writer that needs to be published. The subjects in this book do exist in the real world and deserve to have a voice. Could this particular book have been better written? Absolutely. Was it worth the week it took me to read it. Maybe.
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Summary: If This World were Mine: A Novel by E. Lynn Harris
Review: I have became a true fan of Mr. Harris. This a wonderful book, it is both emotional and funny. The character are so real! I have people in my life who are exactly like the characters. I laughed so hard at Riley and her limited talent and I cryed with her when she felt her marriage was gone. Thank you, Mr. Harris, for not writting her husband as an adulter but just as a marriage that had lost its spark....... and of course Basil is great he is growing in his own way. I would like to read more about Dwight and Yoland later on. Leland is focused and funny!!!
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Summary: FOUR OUT OF FOUR
Review: I READ THIS BOOK IN ABOUT ONE QUICK WEEKEND AND I FOUND IT TO BE ONE OF MR. HARRIS BEST WORK SINCE "INVISIBLE LIFE" IT'S WONDERFUL TO KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE STILL MAINTAIN COLLEGE FRIENDSHIPS INSTEAD OF GOING THEIR SEPARATE WAYS. I CHEERED FOR EACH OF THE CHARACTERS BECAUSE THEY EACH TAUGHT ME SOMETHING. RILEY IS LIVING PROOF THAT MONEY DOESN'T ALWAYS BUY YOU HAPPINESS, LELAND IS STILL A STRONG PROUD GAY MAN WHO DIDN'T GIVE UP ON LOVE, DWIGHT CAME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT HIS HATRED FOR WHITES CAME FROM A PAIN FUL EXPERIENCE FROM CHILDHOOD AND YOLANDA STILL MANAGED TO HAVE FAITH IN HER FRIENDS AND STILL GO ON DESPITE THE MOST CRUEL BETRAYAL THAT ANY PERSON COULD IMAGINE. I ALSO FAMILIARIZED MYSELF WITH BASIL HENDERSON AND ALTHOUGH HE GOT HIS PAYBACK BIGTIME THE WAY HE DESERVED IT, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT BEHIND THE FACADE OF BEING SUPERSTUD, THERE LIES A VERY LONELY AND EMBITTERED MAN WHO WILL NEVER FIND LOVE WITH ANOTHER MAN OR WOMAN BECAUSE DEEP DOWN HE DOESN'T LOVE HIMSELF AND HE STILL WRESTLES WITH THE HORROR OF HIS CHILDHOOD. IT'S ALSO REFRESHING TO KNOW THAT MR. HARRIS'S BOOKS ARE ENJOYING A CROSSOVER AUDIENCE AND THAT STRAIGHT PEOPLE NOW REALIZE THAT GAY PEOPLE ARE ALSO HUMAN AS WELL.
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Summary: If This World Were Mine is an average work by Harris
Review: I was able to read this book in one night. I think it is more due to a very predictable plot than to any innate reading skill on my part. At times, I felt as if I was reading And This Too Shall Pass with different characters. The similarities are obvious: Leland is a proud homosexual just like Sean from ATTSP. Dwight is a male Tamela and Uncle Doc is a male twin of Mama Cee. Harris has significant skill as a writer, I would like to see him use it for something more constructive than these predicable, sophomoric, sensational plots and characters. Harris is gay, and proud of it, but in order for me to read another one of his books he would have to tackle another subject than the plight of black homosexuals in this country. Furthermore, he can be truly over the top with his characters. Monty, the sex-crazed singer comes to mind on this subject. Overall, this book is a fun read, but if you have read Harris before it is just the same old story.
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Summary: ANOTHER GREAT WORK OF ART
Review: I've read the first two books, "Invisible Life" and "Just As I Am" and I must say this book is excellent just like the others. I haven't read the 3rd book, "This Too Shall Pass" but I plan to in the near future. E. Lynn Harris you definitely have a fan club in the Chicago Area as well as all over the United States. This book, like the others, was read in a matter of a few days. I JUST COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN. It's like the soap operas on TV the only difference is that the characters are all black. Thank you for allowing me to have to opportunity to endulge in your fictional writing. Please keep me posted when the next book comes out!
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